Mortal Protection Services Chapter 4: III.1: Terra

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III.1: Terra The planet for option 1 had a slightly different arrangement of continents from Earth, but all the globes in the classrooms were accurate to their new home. Being that less than 25% of the population was ending up here, Jim and I (the Abstainer) thought it would be better to cluster them up on the largest continents to give them a chance to explore a fresh set of continents in person. Humans like exploring. I was trying to do them a favor. I thought, maybe it would slow them down from trying to take advantage of their neighbors if they had to spread across a whole three unexplored continents first. I hoped they'll tucker out before they had a chance to take advantage of the neighbors. Jim said they'd survive better if their supply lines were shorter too, so we clumped them all together on a pair of touching continents. Think Europe and Asia, not North and South America. Hugging continents, not just touching, I suppose. Jim's pretty smart at this stuff, as it turns out. His plan to separate humanity into three ethos was... fascinating to say the least. He told me that I'd understand fully once I'd seen all our world's futures. I guess if I get the high score with humanity, then I'll have to give Jim the assist for the great start. Then again, maybe I'll think otherwise... Before we even rematerialized the humans, Jim called on planet one's new population to have a vote to rename their world. 'Planet One' doesn't make much sense when you're the 4th from the local star. Terra won. The terrans took almost a full month to get settled enough for the MPS drones to leave, and their own, lesser drones to take over. We'd automated approximately twenty percent more of their supply lines than they had enjoyed on Earth, assigned jobs and trained people to work where needed. Their problem was, however, that they had ALL the billionaires from earth. Far too many capitalists and not nearly enough workers. Sure, some Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires voted for themselves to go there because they thought, "Surely, we'll be oppressing aliens within my lifetime!" At least, that's my cynical view of it. Idiots. Jim sent a final missive to them as the last MPS drone was flying back into hyperspace, saying nothing about my existence as their new overseer. Subject: Welcome to your new home Humans of Terra! Great name choice. It represents you all perfectly. MPS thanks you for your patience during this last month as we've done our best to set you up for success. Everyone has been assigned a job, and trained to do it. Your numbers may be smaller than you had hoped when you cast your votes, but there are more than enough of you on Terra to ensure a successful society if you place wise leadership at the helm. I'd like to remind you that Mortal Protection Services will be watching. If it should happen that you are the last of your species and are about to be wiped out, we will intervene again. However, if those that voted option 2 or 3 are still around, we will let your branch of humanity wither. Good luck terrans! Jim, Mortal Protection Services Humanity Specialist. And then, we watched, but didn't intervene. The first year their optimism for a new world helped them overcome great political turmoil and difficulty. Those we'd put into jobs for the public good did their work and got paid. Power lines were maintained, and the trash was taken to landfills. Life seemed to stabilize as they formed new nations and polities. They formed a very weak, toothless world government that was headed by the Chinese man who had argued for option one at the debate. It was more like a global advisory council than a government. Any nation was free to ignore it, and they did. The ultra wealthy CEOs started to consolidate their wealth, faster and more viciously than they had on Earth. MPS protocols meant we had to give the rich people of Earth, great wealth and power on Terra. Fair is fair, I suppose. The politicians that joined the CEOs - and it was a good maj